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r e l e a s e . i n f o
Artist.....: Ghosts On Water
Title......: Ghosts On Water
Rip Date...: Jun-02-2007 Cat.No.....: FP 12
Style......: Ambient Label......: Faraway Press
Quality....: VBRkbps Type.......: EP
Size.......: 24,4 MB Source.....: CDDA
r e l e a s e . n o t e s
New release on Faraway Press. Chalk collabs. again with Suzuki &
Suzuki. A sort of follow-up to the ridiculously ltd. Senshou that
came out a year or so ago for 15 minutes or so and then was gone.
This is another in what has to be patented (by now) lovely
packaging from the Faraway Press clan.
"Gorgeous new EP from Andrew Chalk's new group project that also
features Daisuke and Naoko Suzuki. Andrew plays keyboard and
kantele, Daisuke uses vocals, flute percussion and field
recordings and Naoko contributes wordless vocals. The feel is
extremely intimate, with small-scale improvisations that employ
tiny gamelan sonorities, exquisitely crafted prayer works and a
great nowhere feel. Comes packaged in hand-assembled hard card
sleeves by Andrew."
www.volcanictongue.com
""Ghosts on Water" is a collaboration between Daisuke, Naoko
Suzuki and Andrew Chalk. The three have worked together in the
past and released a limited edition CD-R in 2005, entitled
"Senshu", that was limited to a mere 100 copies. This EP consists
of 4 tracks and "Ghosts on Water" is a very fitting name,
summarizing very well the feeling this disc brings about.
The first thing I noticed several seconds into the first track was
the fact that this EP is quite a departure from what I've come to
expect from Mr. Chalk (either his recent solo releases or as a
member of Mirror).The music is still pretty, the drones are still
there, it's just there's something all together else going on in
addition to it all. The first track starts with some gentle noises
that after several listens I think are processed human voices, but
I'm not entirely certain. Gentle strums on what I think is a
combination of piano and bass guitar float along among the
background noises that become almost a sort of blowing wind that's
whispering something indecipherable to you.
The next two tracks revolve around human voices (more likely the
ghosts themselves making themselves known). The second track has
what seems to be one voice with bass-oriented drones in the
background while the third revolves around two voices. The closest
thing I've heard to the droning voices in these songs is a piece
by La Monte Young that was nothing but droning vocals. However,
the Young piece (which the title of escaped me) seemed bland and
soulless to my ears while both these pieces convey a sense of a
haunting presence. The third one especially, with the dual voices
being the more ominous of the two.
The next piece brings simple, yet elegant piano playing over the
top of quiet drones that is equally as pleasant. Although the
track slows down and ends completely, it blends into the fifth and
last track, the pianos and drones resuming with gentle, seemingly
calm sounds that I assume are the voices from earlier returning
for an encore.
In the end, "Ghosts on Water" is a very fruitful effort from all
the contributors and something I think they should all be very
proud of. If you're a fan of any music in the "drone ambient"
category I would say this disc is essential. Many people who work
in similar fields fall into the trap of being too repetitious and
don't have near enough going on. "Ghosts on Water" is a unique
approach and very refreshing for anyone looking for something new
to listen to, highly recommended!
-- Charlie Martineau [9/10] "
www.connexionbizarre.net
http://www.farawaypress.ne
p l a y l i s t
01 Pale Shadow 04:27
02 Fall And Flow 03:44
03 In October Skies 03:08
04 Snowy Fields Sparkle Aglow 04:59
05 Wings Of Day 03:09
19:27 min
g r e e t i n g s
agw - amok - bass - bcc - bex - boss - cmg - cmc - cms - d2h
def - dh - disc0 - drum - emp - ftd - fwyh - gem - i8 - ipc
jce - jfk - jrp - just - khz - kinky - kw - lame - maem - mbs
mgc - psycz - r2r - rac - radial - rapid - rks - rtb - sb
sever - sfe - soup - sour - sq - tr - trt - ube - uc - upe
uki - xtc - yard - zi
respect to music lovers worldwide
never forget : go to the show. buy the t-shirt. order the vinyl